Vineland underrated

[Carvill John]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 12:41:59 "Ghetta Life" <ghetta_outta@[omitted]> wrote:

>>From: "Otto" <ottosell@[omitted]>
>>
>>You'll see that it is possible, that there are people here who claim that 
>>whenever P. says something political it's "shitty writing" or a bad essay.

>I think this is an unfair characterization of past discussion here re. his 
>1984 intro and the Playboy Japan
>"interview," both of which could very arguably be deemed "shitty writing" 
>(meaning fuzzy-brained) apart from any personal political leanings.  But 
>that is an old discussion.

I haven't read the Playboy Japan "interview" you refer to, perhaps you could 
send me a link?

As to the 1984 introduction, "fuzzy-brained writing"? I'm afraid your 
response to Otto's claim that Pynchon's overt political statements get 
dismissed as "shitty writing" only serves to illustrate his point.

Cheers

John

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